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Essays

A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma, The Daily Beast

Doing Homebrew Vodka Shots in the Shadow of Chernobyl, The Daily Beast

From Kyiv to Kentucky, Longreads

The Reality of Post-Chernobyl Life: Way More Complicated Than a TV Show, Literary Hub

When Stories Aren’t Enough: How Do You Write About the War in Ukraine?, Literary Hub

A Soviet-Era Mind-Set at the Market, New York Times

A Sudden Breach in Uganda, The New York Times Magazine

Minefields of the Caucasus, Transformation

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